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April 2015 Forum – Dr. Paul Copan: Divine Justice

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Areopagus Forum April 25: Divine Justice
The Israelite conquest of Canaan is one of the most controversial accounts in the Bible and one of the most problematic issues in Christian apologetics. Skeptics often cite this “genocide” of the native Canaanites to argue that the God of the Bible is just as wrathful, vindictive and cruel as the gods of any other religion, including Islam.

In his book, The God Delusion, Oxford scientist Richard Dawkins charges that…

  • The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all of fiction. Jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty, ethnic-cleanser; a misogynistic homophobic racist; infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal….

What is the truth about the Israelite conquest of Canaan, and how do we reconcile this event with the biblical concept of divine justice?
Saturday, April 25
9:30am – 12:30pm
Perimeter Church, Uptown Auditorium
John’s Creek, GA
Admission $15/$10

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